8. And this is not just about economics & public policy, it's also about culture. E.g., elites have ceased to support a *public* marriage-friendly culture even as they embrace marriage in *private* for themselves and their kids. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…pic.twitter.com/oW9rNY9NgM

“Conservatives need to think more seriously about the role that contemporary capitalism, public policy, and culture have played in eroding the strength and stability of working-class family life.” @hamandcheese and @WilcoxNMP via @theatlantic

Yes. Good piece by @WilcoxNMP & @hamandcheese. "Our elites had too much faith in a laissez-faire ideology that sees labor markets as automatically self-correcting but, in fact, exacted a terrible toll on scores of working-class families..."

"Declines in working-class marriage—and all the pathologies that have followed in their wake—cannot be divorced from policy and cultural choices that elites have made," argue @WilcoxNMP and @hamandcheese

6. There is no question that the China trade shock of the last two decades, for instance, exacted a serious toll on working-class jobs, working-class families, and working-class marriage. Hard to chalk this up to personal irresponsibility. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…pic.twitter.com/Y2Wb8JUpvz

"Appealing to a lack of virtue on the part of the poor or the working class is at best a category error, and at worst an all-purpose rhetorical device for neutralizing responsibility on the part of elite policy makers." @WilcoxNMP & @hamandcheese on Tuck

“Carlson fingers bad public policies, market forces, and cultural developments for eroding the economic, social, and cultural foundations of family life in working-class America.” /// Worth your time from ⁦@WilcoxNMP⁩ and ⁦@hamandcheese⁩.

I do not personally lean as heavily as my friend ⁦@WilcoxNMP⁩ does on economic factors in marriage decline, but nonetheless, I think this is a really important article and conversation that Christians are uniquely positioned to contribute.

Useful for @DavidAFrench@benshapiro to consider. @WilcoxNMP is not to be dismissed. "Lack of virtue of the poor or working class is at best a category error, worst an all-purpose rhetorical device for neutralizing responsibility of elite policy makers."